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they are kind after bulwark there helping long-term interests of the united states. if we're cut off funding we're really only slepting the hand of the muslim brotherhood. melissa: we give $1.6 billion that is late slated this year goes to egypt. doesn't seem like they're keeping things very safe. when you see pictures of rioting and protests going on. you look what happened to our embassy. we're looking at pictures right there. this is a country where we're giving mo anyone to the military. where is the money going? >> you have to think about it as two things. one basically a risk insurance policy regarding israel. ever since the camp david accords we've been giving money to egypt. basically a quid pro quo whereby they keep peace with israel. when you look what we're spending per hour per day at afghanistan that is huge bill. 1.3 billion a year is not all that much money. sound like a lot but at the end of the day it is not that much. melissa: is it working though? is it doing what it is supposed to be doing? >> it is doing one thing that matters the most, keeping i
they are kind after bulwark there helping long-term interests of the united states. if we're cut off funding we're really only slepting the hand of the muslim brotherhood. melissa: we give $1.6 billion that is late slated this year goes to egypt. doesn't seem like they're keeping things very safe. when you see pictures of rioting and protests going on. you look what happened to our embassy. we're looking at pictures right there. this is a country where we're giving mo anyone to the military....
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for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. so let's talk about coverage. based on this chart, who would you choose ? wow. you guys take a minute. zon, hands down. i'm going to show you guys another chart. pretty obvious. i don't think color matters. pretty obvious. what'sretty obvious about it ? that verizon has the coverage. verizon. verizon. we're going to go to another chart. it doesn't really matter how you present it. it doesn't matter how you present it. verizon. more 4g lte coverage than all other networks combined. ♪ . melissa: in today's day and age the idea of transitioning medical records to electronic systems seems obvious but the new system could be putting a hole in your wallet and here's how. "the new york times" did a study that says hospitals got a billion dollars more in medical reimb
for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. so let's talk about coverage. based on this chart, who would you choose ? wow. you guys take a minute. zon, hands down. i'm going to show you guys another chart. pretty obvious. i don't think...
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number two the president needs to talk about the relationship between the united states and israel. when he says that israel, that the united states always has their back on all issues what does that specifically mean? i think, three, the president owes it to the people of this country to know what his foreign policy is. the president in 2008 laid out a foreign policy that he would hit reset button with russia. i believe that has failed. melissa: yeah. >> he said he would have negotiations with iran. that has clearly failed. iran is closer to nuclear weapon, melissa, than ever before. he has said that the arab world would have a much better relationship because he is the president. that's not the case when you have these sort of concerted organized abuses going on. melissa: right. start with the first one, saying the war on terror is still ongoing. do you think that it is realistic that he would do that give that he sort of spiked the football with the death of osama bin laden saying that it was almost over? do you think that he is really going to acknowledge that is still going on
number two the president needs to talk about the relationship between the united states and israel. when he says that israel, that the united states always has their back on all issues what does that specifically mean? i think, three, the president owes it to the people of this country to know what his foreign policy is. the president in 2008 laid out a foreign policy that he would hit reset button with russia. i believe that has failed. melissa: yeah. >> he said he would have...
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here in the united states, countless publications provoke offense. like me, the majority of americans are christian and yet we do not plan blasphemy against our most sacred beliefs. >> watched that and was ripping my hair out. do we really think that was about the movie. here he is legitimatizing that point of view saying all this had to do with the movie. first of all do you believe that the attacks on the ambassador were -- >> president obama were a law professor he would describe that as a red herring that is totally irrelevant concern that takes the obama administration kind of off the hook for how they missed the ba on this. this was a planned attack. melissa: right. >> he had u.n. ambassador on a week and a half ago saying this was spontaneous attack that is ridiculous statement. these were grenades that were propelled in a massive way. these were massive arms. people don't bring these things to, to spontaneous demonstrations. now all this evidence is coming out that the ambassador himself had, had a diary in which he was worried about exactly
here in the united states, countless publications provoke offense. like me, the majority of americans are christian and yet we do not plan blasphemy against our most sacred beliefs. >> watched that and was ripping my hair out. do we really think that was about the movie. here he is legitimatizing that point of view saying all this had to do with the movie. first of all do you believe that the attacks on the ambassador were -- >> president obama were a law professor he would describe...
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., united states, the e.u. and the bilateral sanctions and so you're always going to have these attempts but i think the efforts to kind of focus on uncovering the people trying to violate the sanctions are quite remarkable in this case and we need to keep the heat on. melissa: i know the ceo, ian taylor is originally from england. i don't know if he is still a citizen. one of the ways in which a lot of sanctions will be held in place by virtue of insurers. >> right. melissa: all of these tankers are insured 95% of them, in london. and -- >> that's right. melissa: you would hope as a result this company vitol, would not be able to insure whatever shipments it bought. i think they will find a way around that as well. seems they did so many other things in this case seems from the reports to hide what they were doing, don't you think. >> i do. i also think there is new round of sanctions negotiations taking place that will give the u.s. the ability to sanction any company that is of course dealing with, on the fi
., united states, the e.u. and the bilateral sanctions and so you're always going to have these attempts but i think the efforts to kind of focus on uncovering the people trying to violate the sanctions are quite remarkable in this case and we need to keep the heat on. melissa: i know the ceo, ian taylor is originally from england. i don't know if he is still a citizen. one of the ways in which a lot of sanctions will be held in place by virtue of insurers. >> right. melissa: all of these...
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says every state in the united states pays its workers on average more than employees doing the same job for a private company. and the group says much of the blame falls on retirement benefits. now these pension and salary totals vary by state. the report says the states paying workers closest to private sector salary and benefits, new hampshire, rhode island, vermont, south dakota, and wyoming. states with large of the gap, california, new york, north carolina, ohio and texas. for comment the american federation of state, county municipal employees referred fox business to a web post by the economic policy institute. their response? they say these claims are bunk and study after study has rebutted similar claims, if anything, public sector workers most of whom have college degrees or higher, are somewhat underpaid compared to comparable private sector workers. as for federal workers the congressional budget office find they make more on average until you get to those with professional degrees. in that case they make more in the private sector. for all federal workers cbo says they
says every state in the united states pays its workers on average more than employees doing the same job for a private company. and the group says much of the blame falls on retirement benefits. now these pension and salary totals vary by state. the report says the states paying workers closest to private sector salary and benefits, new hampshire, rhode island, vermont, south dakota, and wyoming. states with large of the gap, california, new york, north carolina, ohio and texas. for comment the...
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>> i am certain that paul, krugman, for example would love to bring a 75% tax rate to the united states. he wouldn't really want to pay it. and by the way, we now allow people, voluntarily pay whatever they want. melissa: right. >> but in the end, in his economic models he thinks this makes sense. so i am sure that we will have this debate, or at least somebody propose something like this in the united states. i highly doubt that we will ever see a rate above 40% anytime in our lifetime. melissa: you and paul have such a beef going now. i would like to see a rumble in the jungle type thing. maybe you need a boxing match. a debate at the very least. you guys have a little tiff going there. thank you for coming on. have a great weekend. >> absolutely, melissa. melissa: hear is the question of the day. what would you do if a 75% income tax was imposed on the u.s.? one of the best facebook responses from you, quit looking. what's the point. facebook.com/melissafrancisfox. follow me on twitter, melissaafrancis. i would leave the country and go to bermuda. why not. very nice there. >>> here i
>> i am certain that paul, krugman, for example would love to bring a 75% tax rate to the united states. he wouldn't really want to pay it. and by the way, we now allow people, voluntarily pay whatever they want. melissa: right. >> but in the end, in his economic models he thinks this makes sense. so i am sure that we will have this debate, or at least somebody propose something like this in the united states. i highly doubt that we will ever see a rate above 40% anytime in our...
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maybe the united states. i think right now they want to facilitate an environment where that would have less of an impact on the global economy. they are, to be shedding any tears if there is an attack on a run. a they want to make sure they keep that market will supply to keep prices down. they don't want to see a benefit from a spike in prices well. i think they're trying to hit this on all fronts. a lot of self interest in what they're doing it. adam: i think in economics they call this demand destruction. they're trying to avoid that kind of situation and keep demand absolutely stable, although as did that day at macroeconomics. don't hold me accountable. it is always a pleasure. you put these things it to easily understandable terms, and we appreciate it. a lot of doom and gloom out there. and, as you well know, the fleet of new economic reports showing a surprising upswing in american economic outlook. and the survey shows confidence in u.s. capital markets rising four percentage points to 65%. reversin
maybe the united states. i think right now they want to facilitate an environment where that would have less of an impact on the global economy. they are, to be shedding any tears if there is an attack on a run. a they want to make sure they keep that market will supply to keep prices down. they don't want to see a benefit from a spike in prices well. i think they're trying to hit this on all fronts. a lot of self interest in what they're doing it. adam: i think in economics they call this...
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states is small business. melissa: yeah. >> it is small business. so what we need to do is to empower the small businesses so that they will --. melissa: feel confident, expand, hire people. they have to feel like demand out there. >> exactly. melissa: it is all interconnect the. i don't think we'll solve the problem tonight. let's talk about the market. we saw a rally yesterday on the ba of easy money out of europe. today came to the halt because of a jobs report. was that it? the rally we saw yesterday? >> i think we have more growth. long term i'm on his tick for long term. short term you will have the issues with the job market, with china, with the e! you. the -- e.u. next week. qe3 will happen and they're waiting to see, show me the money. melissa: you think there will do something next week? there is a big debate whether or not though wait until after the election. >> they move now it makes it look like we're in real trouble and the fed is take be action and maybe isn't a vote of confidence for the pres
states is small business. melissa: yeah. >> it is small business. so what we need to do is to empower the small businesses so that they will --. melissa: feel confident, expand, hire people. they have to feel like demand out there. >> exactly. melissa: it is all interconnect the. i don't think we'll solve the problem tonight. let's talk about the market. we saw a rally yesterday on the ba of easy money out of europe. today came to the halt because of a jobs report. was that it? the...
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clearly in the united states anything goes. england, but i don't know what the french law is england there are privacy laws for publication. >> they will go after the magazines. melissa: what they're really saying is, don't mess with us. we're going to be very serious. we're going to crack down on these things, the sending message the royal family. what about your photos that are out there? okay. >> you live a block away. do you want to see them? we'll go running in central block. melissa: we live ablock apart here in new york. >> we'll scare the children. melissa: we'll move right on from that. take a look at this. we were talking about tornados. this is a fire tornado in the australian outback. how terrifying is that? they happen when a disproportionately hot patch of ground sends up a plume of heat into the air. the source of heat comes from hot spots in preexisting wildfires. on average they extend 100 feet in the area and rotate to 22 miles an hour. but they usually disappear within a minute of shooting up. so we were just
clearly in the united states anything goes. england, but i don't know what the french law is england there are privacy laws for publication. >> they will go after the magazines. melissa: what they're really saying is, don't mess with us. we're going to be very serious. we're going to crack down on these things, the sending message the royal family. what about your photos that are out there? okay. >> you live a block away. do you want to see them? we'll go running in central block....
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., the united states gets deevaluated. this is wrong. they have got to bring up what are we going to do, what is your administration going to do? but more important, i haven't heard anything new. what are going to do to lower the deficit? what will you do to create more jobs? what will you do to be more accountable for that? if they don't mention that, america becomes like europe and none of us in america want that. none of us want that. melissa: from the reports i've been hearing about the democratic national convention and speech i'm watching they're embracing their spendingselves. they feel very good about this. you heard neil cavuto talk about this. spending makes sense. this is what you do as a government. isn't that your impression being there? >> well, priority, i love you out there, okay. that is a priority. but what is very important that we love each other as this, they're not addressing it. america that is very important. we don't want to go bankrupt. if bankrupt happens, there is less shops, there is less problems and more ri
., the united states gets deevaluated. this is wrong. they have got to bring up what are we going to do, what is your administration going to do? but more important, i haven't heard anything new. what are going to do to lower the deficit? what will you do to create more jobs? what will you do to be more accountable for that? if they don't mention that, america becomes like europe and none of us in america want that. none of us want that. melissa: from the reports i've been hearing about the...
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i think we should withold judgment on the next step in the united states until we have more can't and figure out where this is going. melissa: you mentioned the suez canal and mentioned impact on oil here. what do you think it does to the price of oil to see these tensions erupt? >> i think that the people who deal in oil internationally are very experienced in the middle east and in ups and downs of violence and turmoil and even chaos. i think some of that is factored into the price of oil. right now despite the sanctions on iran oil prices are in pretty good shape. they fell again i believe today. they're well below $100 a barrel. i don't think you will see any immediate fallout. watch two things. first of all can libya continue to remain stable and pump oil it is pumping now? secondly how are things going in egypt. because egypt is so important strategically and cultural and demographic center of the middle east, how things go in egypt will have an effect on everything from iran to north africa. melissa: ambassador, thank you so much for your time this evening. >> thank you very mu
i think we should withold judgment on the next step in the united states until we have more can't and figure out where this is going. melissa: you mentioned the suez canal and mentioned impact on oil here. what do you think it does to the price of oil to see these tensions erupt? >> i think that the people who deal in oil internationally are very experienced in the middle east and in ups and downs of violence and turmoil and even chaos. i think some of that is factored into the price of...
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it isn't just for the united states. it is for the world. adam: amazing to see the aircraft taking off and landing on the enterprise. i'm curious, have they had any contact with the iranians as of yet? >> yeah absolutely. on this particular mission they have driven through the strait of hormuz eight different times and they say that when they get in there the iranians come out on speed boats and sort of check them out and surround them and look at them. they're fairly nonchalant about it. you would expect that, if iranian ship going through iranian waters we would take a look at them. a commander that has been one of people on the ship the whole time and i asked him what is that like exactly? what kind of impact do you make on them? >> i imagine we bother them a little bet, that we go through each time and, i know they get on the radio or they make their announcements on their news about how they dislike it. i imagine no country likes that with so much american prns or any coalition presence going through here. >> what do you think is the im
it isn't just for the united states. it is for the world. adam: amazing to see the aircraft taking off and landing on the enterprise. i'm curious, have they had any contact with the iranians as of yet? >> yeah absolutely. on this particular mission they have driven through the strait of hormuz eight different times and they say that when they get in there the iranians come out on speed boats and sort of check them out and surround them and look at them. they're fairly nonchalant about it....
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company you also have to of course abide by the tax regulations of the united states. melissa: so why would you do this instead of being like just over the border in canada or being in bermuda on the other coast? it does seem like it's genius but a little bit inconvenient? >> right. so being in silicon valley is incredibly important for high-tech startups in particular. this is a great place to sort of plant your roots as a high-tech company and to grow into the next facebooks, next googles, create all the jobs, innovation and technology. this is where you want to do it. there are no place in the world like silicon valley if you have that dream and aspiration. we're creating this place near silicon valley to people have the ability to come in and out and partake in a lot of magic that helps companies to grow. once they're large enough to do everything we can to make the transition on to land. melissa: is it already floating? what is demand like? >> so we're not in the water yet. we're still in the fund raisings stages. so far we have about 300 companies that are lookin
company you also have to of course abide by the tax regulations of the united states. melissa: so why would you do this instead of being like just over the border in canada or being in bermuda on the other coast? it does seem like it's genius but a little bit inconvenient? >> right. so being in silicon valley is incredibly important for high-tech startups in particular. this is a great place to sort of plant your roots as a high-tech company and to grow into the next facebooks, next...
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one of the difficult issues for the united states is how do we react to this? because we've got our fifth fleet stationed in bahrain. bahrain has been a friend of the united states for last several many decades and there is this tension between our commitment to human rights, our commitment to our democratic principles on the one hand which are vitally important for us but our real world, concrete interests insuring the flow of oil through the straits of hormuz which you covered. insuring that we have stable relations and influence with governments in the region like saudi arabia who have an in this. melissa: i want to talk about the video we're looking at here. he is trying to make the case, he said this repeatedly and very open about it when were doing the interview and didn't shy away from the question. when you have people in the streets throwing molotov cocktails you are putting in jeopardy the safety of the rest of our citizens. he makes it sounds like you have a few people causing trouble the other side would say these are a few people standing up for de
one of the difficult issues for the united states is how do we react to this? because we've got our fifth fleet stationed in bahrain. bahrain has been a friend of the united states for last several many decades and there is this tension between our commitment to human rights, our commitment to our democratic principles on the one hand which are vitally important for us but our real world, concrete interests insuring the flow of oil through the straits of hormuz which you covered. insuring that...